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Frank GarceaDissertation Title: The Organization of Manipulable Object Concepts in the Human Brain Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania

2016

Kaitlyn BankierisDissertation Title: Is Synesthesia More Than Unusual Associations? Examining Cue Combination and Various Forms of Learning in Synesthetes Current Position: Data Scientist at Mission Health

Sarah Bibyk Dissertation Title: A Rise by Any Other Name An Investigation of the Production and Comprehension of Rising (and Falling) Intonation in Posts Current Position: NRC Research Associate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

2015

Cory BonnDissertation Title: On Theories of Abstract, Quantitative RepresentationCurrent Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia

Jennifer MerickelDissertation Title: Learning and Processing of Perceptual Confusability and the Mapping of Form to Meaning Current Position: Instructor, Department of Neurological Sciences, Mind & Brain Health Labs, University of Nebraska Medical Center

David RuskinDissertation Title: Cognitive Influences on the Evolution of New LanguagesCurrent Position: Assistant Position, University of Guam

2012

Kristen GormanDissertation Title: Investigating Interlocutors' Use of Common Ground During the Comprehension and Production of Referring ExpressionsCurrent Position: Education Program Specialist, University of Minnesota

Elizabeth HirshornDissertation Title: Exploring Alternate Routes to Literacy in Profoundly Deaf IndividualsCurrent Position: Assistant Professor, New Paltz State University of New York

2009

2008

Meghan ClayardsDissertation Title: The ideal listener: Making optimal use of acoustic-phonetic cues for word recognitionCurrent Position: Associate Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University

Benjamin FaberDissertation Title: Learning hierarchies: acquiring hierarchical structure from miniature artificial languagesCurrent Position: Associate Professor, College of St. Benedict and St. John's University

2006

William Owen BrimijoinDissertation Title: Auditory Receptive Fields and Responses to Frequency Modulation in Single Units in the Auditory Midbrain and Thalamus of the BatCurrent Position: Perceptual Research Scientist, Facebook Reality Labs

Mrim BoutlaDissertation Title: Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Capacity Limits in Working Memory: Insights from American Sign LanguageCurrent Position: Career Coach, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Marie CoppolaDissertation Title: The Emergence of Grammatical Categories in Home Sign: Evidence from Family-based Gesture Systems in NicaraguaCurrent Position: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut

Carla L. Hudson-KamDissertation Title: Pidgins, Creoles, and Learners: How Children and Adults Contribute to the Formation of Creole LanguagesCurrent Position: Professor, The University of British Columbia

Daniel S. KooDissertation Title: On the Nature of Phonological Representations and Processing Strategies in Deaf Cuers of EnglishCurrent Position: Professor, Gallaudet University

Luisa ScottDissertation Title: Mechanisms of Neural and Vocal Plasticity in the Adult Song BirdCurrent Position: Research Associate, Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin

Susan Thompson PeirceDissertation Title: The Role of Transitional Probability in the Induction of the Phrases of a Miniature Artificial LanguageCurrent Position: Founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating Solutions, LLC

2002

Inge-Marie EigstiDissertation Title: Word Learning and Memory Functions in Young Children with AutismCurrent Position: Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

Ruskin H. HuntDissertation Title: The Induction of Categories from Distributionally Defined Contexts: Evidence from a Serial Reaction Time Task

2001

Jeffry A. CoadyDissertation Title: The Development of Sensitivity to Probabilistic Phonotactic Structure: Implications for Children's Lexical RepresentationsCurrent Position: Research Associate, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder

Joy E. HannaDissertation Title: The Effects of Linguistic Form, Common Ground, and Perspective on Domains of Referential InterpretationCurrent Position: Assistant Professor, Daemen College

James S. MagnusonDissertation Title: The Microstructure of Spoken Word RecognitionCurrent Position: Professor, University of Connecticut

Danielle S. RossDissertation Title: Disentangling the Nature-Nurture Interaction in the Language Acquisition Process: Evidence from Deaf Children of Hearing Parents Exposed to Non-native InputCurrent Position: Senior Service Fellow/Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control

Bonnie WardDissertation Title: Characterizing the Relationship between Brain Space and Avian Vocal Learning Current Position: Assistant Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs, Otterbein University

1997

Mark E. BashamDissertation Title: The Role of NMDA Receptors in Zebra Finch Song LearningCurrent Position: Associate Professor, Regis University

Andrea LiDissertation Title: Color and Brightness in Texture SegmentationCurrent Position: Associate Professor, Psychology, Queens College City University of New York

Seth David PollakDissertation Title: Early Experience and Cognitive Processing of Emotional Cues in Maltreated ChildrenCurrent Position: College of Letters & Science Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Kathleen StraubDissertation Title: The Production of Prosodic Cues and Their Role in the Comprehension of Syntactically Ambiguous SentencesCurrent Position: UX Researcher/Speaker/Coach at Usability.org

1996

G. Peter BowenDissertation Title: Modification of the Acoustic Startle Reflex by Complex Sensory Prestimuli: The Roles of the Auditory and Visual Cortical AreasCurrent Position: Dean of School of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Professor, Wayland Baptist University

María Montserrat Sanz YagüeDissertation Title: Telicity, Objects and the Mapping onto Predicate Types. A Cross-linguistic Study of the Role of Syntax in ProcessingCurrent Position: Associate Professor, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Kobe, Japan

1993

Per MöllerDissertation Title: Influence of Color on Motion SegmentationCurrent Position: Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen

Ann SkoczenskiDissertation Title: The Development of Position Sensitivity in the Infant Visual System: Evoked Potentials, Motion and BlurCurrent Position: Senior Program Manager, Center for Faculty Development, Massachusetts General Hospital

John TrueswellDissertation Title: The Use of Verb-Based Subcategorization and Thematic Role Information in Sentence ProcessingCurrent Position: Professor, University of Pennsylvania

1992

Julie E. BolandDissertation Title: The Use of Lexical Knowledge in Sentence ProcessingCurrent Position: Professor, University of Michigan

Walter MurphyDissertation Title: Speech Recognition in Noise: Developmental Changes Four to Six Years of AgeCurrent Position: Director of Research Support and Compliance, Texas A&M University-Central Texas

Renee PrimusDissertation Title: The Importance of Pubertal-Related Events on the Development of Adaptive Behavioral Responses and Related Neural SystemsCurrent Position: Group Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb